I was sitting in the bar, with Mike, Olaf and Axl all standing around discussing things. Things that I wasn't really paying attention to.
I didn't make it a habit to pay too much attention to things that didn't concern me. Even though, this was one of the few things that didn't concern me. They've spent all morning trying to plan on the ceremony for my birthday, even though Ingrid had already gotten it covered. We were going to go down to the lake and I was going to get pushed under water for a few moments. Kind of like a baptism.
"Amery, why won't you give us your opinion on any of this? It is your birthday after all!" Axl sighed, sounding defeated as he sat down on the bar stool next to me. Smiling, I set my glass of water down on the counter before turning to him. "Because, Axl, you guys don't have to worry about. Ingrid has the whole thing covered. I have to watch my kid siblings a majority of the day tomorrow, but after that, we'll all be gathering at the lake for my baptism-like transformation, and then we'll find out who I am." I chuckled, watching the emotions on his face.
"Aren't you the least bit curious about who you'll be?" Olaf gasped out, leaning on the counter across from me.
With an embarrassed smile, I slowly reached down into my bag, and pulled out the laptop that I was always carrying around with me. "I am actually. Or at least I was last night, so I spent all night looking up the possibilities of who I could be." I gushed, placing the computer to where all three of the men could see the screen. "You see, last night I decided to ask my mum if she knew anything about it. She had told me that she had, though it had skipped over her and she herself isn't a Goddess, while my Aunt Helen is Idun." I explained, "So after calling her, she told me about a few Goddesses that she think I could possibly become. I then spent the entire night researching them."
"And which Goddesses would those be?" Mike asked, leaning across the counter from next to Olaf. "Well, first she suggested Freyja, why I'm not entirely sure. Then she mentioned Hel, Nott, Ran, and Skadi." I sighed, flipping through the open tabs that were brought up on my computer.
"Wait, who are the last three?" Axl asked, sounding completely useless. Mike sighed, shaking his head momentarily, before looking between Olaf and myself, as if asking who wanted to be the one to explain to Axl who the three Goddesses were. "Nott is the Goddess of night, she who rides the night-chariot in it's track on the sky. She is grandmother to Thor, wife of Dellingr, and mother to Dagr. " Olaf explained, sounding exceptionally like a oracle. "Ran is the Goddess of storms and the drowned dead. She is wife to Aegir, god of the ocean and king of all sea creatures. Then finally there is Skadi, also called the 'snow-shoe goddess' she is a giantess and the embodiment of winter. Daughter of Thiazi and wife of Njord."
A few moments after finishing his little speech, Olaf looked around our small group proudly, while Axl just sat looking confused as he took in all the new information.
"Which one do you like the sound of best?" Mike asked, with a large smile on his face. "Well, with the fact that winter and snow are my favorite thing out of the changing seasons, I think I like Skadi the best. Though I would find it awkward to become her with her history and all." I couldn't stop myself from blushing as I looked away from Mike.
"Why? What's wrong with her history?" Axl asked quickly, not skipping a beat. I silently groaned to myself, before looking to the curious Johnson boy. "Skadi was a giantess, who wanted revenge for her father's death. Though, on the two conditions that one of the Gods could make her laugh, and that she could choose the God she married, she didn't get her revenge. The catch on her conditions for picking the God she was to marry, is that when picking she could only see their feet. Skadi was in love with Baldur," I sighed, pointing towards Olaf, " And was hoping to pick him, but picked Njord by accident. When their marriage didn't work out, they divorced. After that it's not clean whom she married. Ullr or Odin."
Hearing the story, Axl immediately began laughing loudly for a few moments, before abruptly stopping. "Well, then I guess it's a good thing that the only one among us who is doomed to end up in a relationship with the other, is Bragi and Idun." He paused, "I mean apart from Odin and Frigg of course." He added not too long after. "So, Anders and Gaia?" I smirked, looking my friend up and down.
"That's not even funny." Axl snapped immediately upon hearing what I had said. While Mike, Olaf and myself all continued laughing, up until my eyes flashed down to the small clock that sat in the bottom corner of my computer screen. I began scrambling to gather my things. "Shit!" I cursed, "I was supposed to meet Michele and Ingrid an hour ago to get a dress for tomorrow!"
Quickly, I ran out the door of the bar, not looking back.